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Joe Barry Carroll

Joe Barry Carroll (Joe Barry, J.B.)

Position: Center-Forward ▪ Height: 7-0 ▪ Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: July 24, 1958 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
High School: East in Denver, Colorado
College: Purdue University
Draft: Golden State Warriors, 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 1980 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 10, 1980

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 6:39AM
All-Time Rank: #319. Paul Pressey… #320. Derek Fisher… #321. JOE BARRY CARROLL… #322. Nate McMillan… #322. Joe Smith… #322. Jimmy Walker… 

Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1980-81 22 GSW NBA 82 2919 616 1254 .491 0 2 .000 315 440 .716 274 485 759 117 50 121 243 313 1547
1981-82 23 GSW NBA 76 75 2627 527 1016 .519 0 1 .000 235 323 .728 210 423 633 64 64 127 206 265 1289
1982-83 24 GSW NBA 79 79 2988 785 1529 .513 0 3 .000 337 469 .719 220 468 688 169 108 155 285 260 1907
1983-84 25 GSW NBA 80 80 2962 663 1390 .477 0 1 .000 313 433 .723 235 401 636 198 103 142 268 244 1639
1985-86 27 GSW NBA 79 79 2801 650 1404 .463 0 2 .000 377 501 .752 193 477 670 176 101 143 275 277 1677
1986-87 28 GSW NBA 81 81 2724 690 1461 .472 0 0 340 432 .787 173 416 589 214 92 123 226 255 1720
1987-88 29 TOT NBA 77 30 2004 402 924 .435 0 2 .000 172 225 .764 131 358 489 113 50 106 164 195 976
1987-88 29 GSW NBA 14 14 408 79 209 .378 0 1 .000 59 74 .797 21 72 93 19 13 25 43 46 217
1987-88 29 HOU NBA 63 16 1596 323 715 .452 0 1 .000 113 151 .748 110 286 396 94 37 81 121 149 759
1988-89 30 NJN NBA 64 62 1996 363 810 .448 0 0 176 220 .800 118 355 473 105 71 81 143 193 902
1989-90 31 TOT NBA 76 47 1721 312 759 .411 0 2 .000 137 177 .774 133 310 443 97 47 115 142 192 761
1989-90 31 NJN NBA 46 20 1002 159 405 .393 0 2 .000 85 107 .794 82 168 250 43 19 56 64 122 403
1989-90 31 DEN NBA 30 27 719 153 354 .432 0 0 52 70 .743 51 142 193 54 28 59 78 70 358
1990-91 32 PHO NBA 11 0 96 13 36 .361 0 0 11 12 .917 3 21 24 11 1 8 12 18 37
Career NBA 705 533 22838 5021 10583 .474 0 13 .000 2413 3232 .747 1690 3714 5404 1264 687 1121 1964 2212 12455

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1980-81 22 GSW NBA 82 35.6 7.5 15.3 .491 0.0 0.0 .000 3.8 5.4 .716 3.3 5.9 9.3 1.4 0.6 1.5 3.0 3.8 18.9
1981-82 23 GSW NBA 76 75 34.6 6.9 13.4 .519 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.3 .728 2.8 5.6 8.3 0.8 0.8 1.7 2.7 3.5 17.0
1982-83 24 GSW NBA 79 79 37.8 9.9 19.4 .513 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 5.9 .719 2.8 5.9 8.7 2.1 1.4 2.0 3.6 3.3 24.1
1983-84 25 GSW NBA 80 80 37.0 8.3 17.4 .477 0.0 0.0 .000 3.9 5.4 .723 2.9 5.0 8.0 2.5 1.3 1.8 3.4 3.1 20.5
1985-86 27 GSW NBA 79 79 35.5 8.2 17.8 .463 0.0 0.0 .000 4.8 6.3 .752 2.4 6.0 8.5 2.2 1.3 1.8 3.5 3.5 21.2
1986-87 28 GSW NBA 81 81 33.6 8.5 18.0 .472 0.0 0.0 4.2 5.3 .787 2.1 5.1 7.3 2.6 1.1 1.5 2.8 3.1 21.2
1987-88 29 TOT NBA 77 30 26.0 5.2 12.0 .435 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 2.9 .764 1.7 4.6 6.4 1.5 0.6 1.4 2.1 2.5 12.7
1987-88 29 GSW NBA 14 14 29.1 5.6 14.9 .378 0.0 0.1 .000 4.2 5.3 .797 1.5 5.1 6.6 1.4 0.9 1.8 3.1 3.3 15.5
1987-88 29 HOU NBA 63 16 25.3 5.1 11.3 .452 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.4 .748 1.7 4.5 6.3 1.5 0.6 1.3 1.9 2.4 12.0
1988-89 30 NJN NBA 64 62 31.2 5.7 12.7 .448 0.0 0.0 2.8 3.4 .800 1.8 5.5 7.4 1.6 1.1 1.3 2.2 3.0 14.1
1989-90 31 TOT NBA 76 47 22.6 4.1 10.0 .411 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.3 .774 1.8 4.1 5.8 1.3 0.6 1.5 1.9 2.5 10.0
1989-90 31 NJN NBA 46 20 21.8 3.5 8.8 .393 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.3 .794 1.8 3.7 5.4 0.9 0.4 1.2 1.4 2.7 8.8
1989-90 31 DEN NBA 30 27 24.0 5.1 11.8 .432 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.3 .743 1.7 4.7 6.4 1.8 0.9 2.0 2.6 2.3 11.9
1990-91 32 PHO NBA 11 0 8.7 1.2 3.3 .361 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.1 .917 0.3 1.9 2.2 1.0 0.1 0.7 1.1 1.6 3.4
Career NBA 705 533 32.4 7.1 15.0 .474 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 4.6 .747 2.4 5.3 7.7 1.8 1.0 1.6 2.8 3.1 17.7

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1980-81 22 GSW NBA 82 2919 7.6 15.5 .491 0.0 0.0 .000 3.9 5.4 .716 3.4 6.0 9.4 1.4 0.6 1.5 3.0 3.9 19.1
1981-82 23 GSW NBA 76 75 2627 7.2 13.9 .519 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 4.4 .728 2.9 5.8 8.7 0.9 0.9 1.7 2.8 3.6 17.7
1982-83 24 GSW NBA 79 79 2988 9.5 18.4 .513 0.0 0.0 .000 4.1 5.7 .719 2.7 5.6 8.3 2.0 1.3 1.9 3.4 3.1 23.0
1983-84 25 GSW NBA 80 80 2962 8.1 16.9 .477 0.0 0.0 .000 3.8 5.3 .723 2.9 4.9 7.7 2.4 1.3 1.7 3.3 3.0 19.9
1985-86 27 GSW NBA 79 79 2801 8.4 18.0 .463 0.0 0.0 .000 4.8 6.4 .752 2.5 6.1 8.6 2.3 1.3 1.8 3.5 3.6 21.6
1986-87 28 GSW NBA 81 81 2724 9.1 19.3 .472 0.0 0.0 4.5 5.7 .787 2.3 5.5 7.8 2.8 1.2 1.6 3.0 3.4 22.7
1987-88 29 TOT NBA 77 30 2004 7.2 16.6 .435 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.0 .764 2.4 6.4 8.8 2.0 0.9 1.9 2.9 3.5 17.5
1987-88 29 GSW NBA 14 14 408 7.0 18.4 .378 0.0 0.1 .000 5.2 6.5 .797 1.9 6.4 8.2 1.7 1.1 2.2 3.8 4.1 19.1
1987-88 29 HOU NBA 63 16 1596 7.3 16.1 .452 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.4 .748 2.5 6.5 8.9 2.1 0.8 1.8 2.7 3.4 17.1
1988-89 30 NJN NBA 64 62 1996 6.5 14.6 .448 0.0 0.0 3.2 4.0 .800 2.1 6.4 8.5 1.9 1.3 1.5 2.6 3.5 16.3
1989-90 31 TOT NBA 76 47 1721 6.5 15.9 .411 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 3.7 .774 2.8 6.5 9.3 2.0 1.0 2.4 3.0 4.0 15.9
1989-90 31 NJN NBA 46 20 1002 5.7 14.6 .393 0.0 0.1 .000 3.1 3.8 .794 2.9 6.0 9.0 1.5 0.7 2.0 2.3 4.4 14.5
1989-90 31 DEN NBA 30 27 719 7.7 17.7 .432 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.5 .743 2.6 7.1 9.7 2.7 1.4 3.0 3.9 3.5 17.9
1990-91 32 PHO NBA 11 0 96 4.9 13.5 .361 0.0 0.0 4.1 4.5 .917 1.1 7.9 9.0 4.1 0.4 3.0 4.5 6.8 13.9
Career NBA 705 533 22838 7.9 16.7 .474 0.0 0.0 .000 3.8 5.1 .747 2.7 5.9 8.5 2.0 1.1 1.8 3.1 3.5 19.6

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1980-81 22 GSW NBA 82 2919 16.4 .534 .491 10.3 18.7 14.4 5.8 0.8 2.3 14.4 23.0 106 108 3.7 2.0 5.7 .094
1981-82 23 GSW NBA 76 2627 15.9 .557 .519 8.6 17.9 13.1 3.4 1.2 2.7 15.1 20.9 106 106 2.6 2.9 5.5 .100
1982-83 24 GSW NBA 79 2988 20.1 .549 .513 7.7 17.5 12.5 8.6 1.7 2.9 14.1 26.5 105 106 4.3 2.8 7.0 .113
1983-84 25 GSW NBA 80 2962 16.8 .519 .477 8.1 15.9 11.7 10.1 1.6 2.7 14.5 24.3 103 108 1.6 3.1 4.7 .077
1985-86 27 GSW NBA 79 2801 17.2 .516 .463 7.2 19.2 13.0 9.1 1.7 2.8 14.5 26.6 101 109 1.1 2.4 3.4 .059
1986-87 28 GSW NBA 81 2724 18.4 .521 .472 6.9 16.9 11.8 12.3 1.6 2.6 12.0 27.8 105 109 2.1 2.6 4.6 .082
1987-88 29 TOT NBA 77 2004 13.6 .477 .435 6.9 18.9 12.9 8.3 1.2 3.0 13.8 23.8 95 105 -1.1 2.7 1.6 .039
1987-88 29 GSW NBA 14 408 11.8 .449 .378 5.6 20.2 12.7 6.8 1.5 3.6 15.1 28.2 88 109 -0.8 0.4 -0.4 -0.048
1987-88 29 HOU NBA 63 1596 14.0 .486 .452 7.2 18.6 13.0 8.7 1.1 2.8 13.4 22.7 98 104 -0.4 2.4 2.0 .061
1988-89 30 NJN NBA 64 1996 14.2 .497 .448 6.4 20.4 13.2 8.0 1.7 2.4 13.6 21.5 99 107 0.1 2.2 2.3 .056
1989-90 31 TOT NBA 76 1721 12.6 .455 .411 7.7 20.3 13.6 8.2 1.3 3.9 14.5 22.6 92 105 -1.7 2.4 0.7 .019
1989-90 31 NJN NBA 46 1002 11.8 .446 .393 8.2 19.1 13.3 6.7 0.9 3.3 12.4 20.7 95 108 -0.5 1.1 0.6 .028
1989-90 31 DEN NBA 30 719 13.8 .465 .432 7.0 22.0 14.0 10.4 1.8 4.8 16.9 25.2 88 102 -1.2 1.3 0.1 .006
1990-91 32 PHO NBA 11 96 8.6 .448 .361 3.6 22.8 13.7 14.9 0.5 4.8 22.5 22.6 85 103 -0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.014
Career NBA 705 22838 16.4 .519 .474 7.8 18.2 12.9 8.3 1.4 2.8 14.1 24.3 102 107 12.4 23.2 35.6 .075

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1986-87 28 GSW NBA 10 334 74 163 0 1 41 51 16 65 19 14 25 31 42 189 .454 .000 .804 33.4 18.9 6.5 1.9
1987-88 29 HOU NBA 4 116 18 47 0 0 8 10 8 19 2 3 1 5 12 44 .383 .800 29.0 11.0 4.8 0.5
1989-90 31 DEN NBA 3 46 9 16 0 0 2 2 1 9 3 1 5 1 6 20 .563 1.000 15.3 6.7 3.0 1.0
1990-91 32 PHO NBA 2 15 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 8 .500 .000 7.5 4.0 0.5 1.0
Career NBA 19 511 105 234 0 1 51 64 25 94 26 18 32 38 60 261 .449 .000 .797 26.9 13.7 4.9 1.4

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1986-87 28 GSW NBA 10 334 15.3 .510 .454 5.1 18.0 11.1 8.7 2.0 4.7 14.3 26.8 98 110 -0.2 0.4 0.2 .029
1987-88 29 HOU NBA 4 116 8.6 .428 .383 7.4 10.8 9.1 2.6 1.3 0.5 8.9 20.5 96 114 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.001
1989-90 31 DEN NBA 3 46 16.4 .592 .563 2.0 18.1 9.6 9.2 1.0 5.4 5.6 15.1 118 113 0.1 0.0 0.1 .099
1990-91 32 PHO NBA 2 15 13.8 .474 .500 0.0 8.3 3.9 30.2 0.0 4.3 10.6 27.4 88 114 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.066
Career NBA 19 511 13.8 .498 .449 5.2 16.1 10.3 8.0 1.7 3.8 12.7 24.3 99 111 -0.3 0.6 0.3 .026

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1986-87 28 GSW NBA 1 0 18:00 1 7 .143 0 0 2 2 1.000 4 6 0 0 1 1 4 4
Career NBA 1 0 18 1 7 .143 0 0 2 2 1.000 4 6 0 0 1 1 4 4

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Joe Barry Carroll 7.0 5.7 5.5 4.7 4.6 3.4 2.3 1.6 0.7 0.0
Ervin Johnson 88.5 6.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 3.9 3.0 2.3 1.9 1.3 0.7
Olden Polynice 88.3 6.7 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.5 3.3 2.6 2.5 1.6 1.5
Steve Hawes 85.3 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.4 3.4 3.2 2.5 1.9 1.8 1.0
Wayne Embry 84.8 6.7 6.3 5.6 4.5 3.4 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.2 1.1
Mark West 84.7 8.2 6.5 5.5 3.9 3.4 3.1 1.9 1.1 0.9 -0.1
Darryl Dawkins 84.5 7.9 6.4 6.3 5.7 4.6 4.0 2.9 2.1 2.1 0.1
Samuel Dalembert 84.5 6.9 6.9 6.2 5.2 4.0 3.9 3.6 2.9 0.3
Jim Fox 83.9 6.6 6.4 6.1 5.6 4.6 3.9 3.4 2.4 2.2 0.6
Theo Ratliff 83.9 6.7 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.2 4.0 3.9 3.8 2.3 0.0
Danny Schayes 83.9 8.8 6.8 5.6 4.6 4.5 3.9 2.8 2.0 1.7 1.2
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Joe Barry Carroll 7.0 5.7 5.5 4.7 4.6 3.4 2.3 1.6 0.7 0.0
Wayne Embry 86.1 6.7 6.3 5.6 4.5 3.4 3.4 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.2 1.1
Steve Hawes 85.3 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.4 3.4 3.2 2.5 1.9 1.8 1.0
Samuel Dalembert 84.5 6.9 6.9 6.2 5.2 4.0 3.9 3.6 2.9 0.3
Jim Fox 83.9 6.6 6.4 6.1 5.6 4.6 3.9 3.4 2.4 2.2 0.6
Ervin Johnson 83.4 6.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 3.9 3.0 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.0
Andrew Bogut 82.7 7.5 5.5 5.4 4.8 4.0 2.6
Brendan Haywood 82.5 6.8 6.7 5.2 5.0 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.1 2.9 0.2
Ray Felix 81.9 8.6 7.2 5.8 5.5 5.5 2.3 2.0 1.8 0.8
Rony Seikaly 81.4 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.2 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.3 0.7 -0.3 -0.5
LaSalle Thompson 80.9 5.6 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.4 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.2 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.3

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1976-77 18 PURDUE 28 573 93 187 34 54 206 220 .497 .630 20.5 7.9 7.4
1977-78 19 PURDUE 27 855 163 312 95 143 288 421 .522 .664 31.7 15.6 10.7
1978-79 20 PURDUE 35 1235 318 545 162 253 352 798 .583 .640 35.3 22.8 10.1
1979-80 21 PURDUE 33 1168 301 558 134 203 302 736 .539 .660 35.4 22.3 9.2
Career 123 3831 875 1602 425 653 1148 2175 .546 .651 31.1 17.7 9.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1987 NBA
Honors
1978-79 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)
1979-80 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1980-81 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
MVP Award Shares
1986-87 NBA 0.001 (15)
Career 0.001 (227)
Games
1980-81 NBA 82 (3)
Minutes Played
1982-83 NBA 2988 (4)
1983-84 NBA 2962 (10)
Field Goals
1982-83 NBA 785 (3)
Field Goal Attempts
1982-83 NBA 1529 (8)
1985-86 NBA 1404 (9)
Offensive Rebounds
1980-81 NBA 274 (4)
Blocks
1983-84 NBA 142 (9)
1985-86 NBA 143 (8)
Career NBA 1121 (60)
Career 1121 (63)
Turnovers
1982-83 NBA 285 (6)
1983-84 NBA 268 (7)
1985-86 NBA 275 (8)
Career NBA 1964 (99)
Personal Fouls
1980-81 NBA 313 (9)
Points
1982-83 NBA 1907 (7)
Minutes Per Game
1982-83 NBA 37.8 (3)
1983-84 NBA 37.0 (10)
Points Per Game
1982-83 NBA 24.1 (7)
Blocks Per Game
1983-84 NBA 1.8 (10)
Career NBA 1.6 (35)
Career 1.6 (38)
Block Pct
Career NBA 2.8 (59)
Career 2.8 (64)
Usage Pct
1982-83 NBA 26.5 (10)
1986-87 NBA 27.8 (8)
Career NBA 24.3 (84)
Career 24.3 (98)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.012 (286)
NBA Elo Player Rating
321st (overall) as of Feb 10, 2012, 6:39AM
 

Transactions

September 6, 1979: Traded by the Detroit Pistons (as a 1980 1st round draft pick) with a 1980 1st round draft pick (Rickey Brown) to the Boston Celtics for Bob McAdoo. This exchange was arranged as compensation for Boston signing veteran free agent M.L. Carr on 24 July 1979.

June 9, 1980: Traded by the Boston Celtics (as a 1980 1st round draft pick) with a 1980 1st round draft pick (Rickey Brown) to the Golden State Warriors for Robert Parish and a 1980 1st round draft pick (Kevin McHale).

June 10, 1980: Drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

December 12, 1987: Traded by the Golden State Warriors with Sleepy Floyd and cash to the Houston Rockets for Steve Harris and Ralph Sampson.

November 2, 1988: Traded by the Houston Rockets with Lester Conner to the New Jersey Nets for Tony Brown, Frank Johnson, Tim McCormick and Lorenzo Romar.

February 21, 1990: Traded by the New Jersey Nets to the Denver Nuggets for Michael Cutright.

January 26, 1991: Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Phoenix Suns.

October 30, 1991: Waived by the Phoenix Suns.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Golden State Warriors NBA $800,000
1987-88 Houston Rockets NBA $1,325,000
1988-89 New Jersey Nets NBA $1,400,000
1990-91 Phoenix Suns NBA $350,000
1991-92 Phoenix Suns NBA $925,000
Career (may be incomplete) $4,800,000

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